Title:
At San Pedro Post, [Los Angeles] Cal[iforni]a
Creator/Contributor:
Alden, James Madison (1834-1922), American, artist (artist)
Date:
1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0232--A
Format:
drawing on paper: pencil
21.8 x 36.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Simple, one story buildings grouped at left and right, US flag flying above one of them; animal hides dry in center. Set in
flat, treeless terrain with hill in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LL). Signature and date (LL, within image): J.M. Alden, 1855. Signature (LR): J.M. Alden. Handwritten (on
verso): Alexander & Banning's/at San Pedro, Cal[iforni]a/Oct[ober] 1855/J.M. Alden, "Ewing". Drawing was probably executed
during U.S. Coast Survey by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieutenant Commander James Alden, U.S.N. Assistant.
Subjects:
Buildings;
California, Southern;
Expeditions & surveys;
Los Angeles region (Calif.);
Military facilities
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Travel sketches